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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). Pre-launch funding is pretty common in Silicon Valley, but that’s a unique case. They risk money they can afford to lose.

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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

In January, Denver will become one of the few American cities that allows its residents to purchase and recreationally consume marijuana, a move that is expected to create jobs and generate tax revenue. Like Silicon Valley, Denver is among the most educated cities in the U.S., Abundance of highly-educated and committed talent.

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Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money

readwrite.com

Believe it or not this is actually a big story in Silicon Valley right now. For the past few years we’ve had people calling themselves “investors,” who have no experience investing, swanning around the Valley, slinging money at people calling themselves “entrepreneurs” who have never held an actual job, let alone run a company.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

We should end the year with a few million in fully recurring revenue and we’re projected to double next year. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. Probably revenue based.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Ian “go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge&# “join an awesome founding team&# How are you supposed to join/create an awesome founding team from scratch? Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. pentaxfan I love the article and picked up a few great tips!

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Is Canva the Company That Will Disrupt the Design World? Not Quite

crowdSPRING Blog

It launched in 2013 with $3 million in seed money from American and Australian investors, and offers a series of templates intended to make good design easier to execute and more accessible. Canva, the graphic design platform promoting itself as tool that empowers the world to design, is not new.

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Is Canva the Company That Will Disrupt the Design World? Not Quite

crowdSPRING Blog

It launched in 2013 with $3 million in seed money from American and Australian investors, and offers a series of templates intended to make good design easier to execute and more accessible. Canva, the graphic design platform promoting itself as tool that empowers the world to design, is not new.

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